STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 26 FOR THE FORMER T.S. "ALLISON"
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001
AT 400 PM CDT...THE WELL-DEFINED CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH FORMER T.S.
"ALLISON" WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.3N 87.9W...WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF JACKSON ALABAMA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...MAINLY ALONG AND
JUST OFFSHORE OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST IN THE MAIN INFLOW
BAND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE HIGHEST GUST NOTED IN THE LAST SIX HOURS
WAS AT VALPARAISO FLORIDA...WITH A REPORT OF 54 MPH AT NOON CDT.
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE CYCLONE WAS ESTIMATED AT 1002 MB...OR 29.59 INCHES. THE
SURFACE LOW HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH...AND THE TRACK
COULD BEND MORE TO THE NORTHEAST WITH TIME. WITH THIS MOTION...IT WILL MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA TONIGHT...INTO GEORGIA NEAR COLUMBUS
TUESDAY MORNING...ONWARD TO NEAR ATHENS TUESDAY EVENING.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF THE RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING ARE NEAR
8 INCHES JUST NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA....AND 10 INCHES WEST OF
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS....ARE EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN FLORIDA...EASTERN GEORGIA...AND WESTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED SPOTS WILL SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL HELP EASE
THE THREE-YEAR DROUGHT WHICH HAS ENDURED ACROSS THE REGION.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE EXCLUDING THE WESTERNMOST PART...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
UNTIL 5 PM CDT. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR SOME RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND LOUISIANA.
SELECTED SIX HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE:
MISSISSIPPI (THROUGH 1 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
HATTIESBURG - CHAIN AP................2.08
ALABAMA (THROUGH 1 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
EVERGREEN.............................1.46
MOBILE AP.............................1.17
OZARK.................................1.00
FLORIDA (THROUGH 1 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
CRESTVIEW.............................2.84
WHITING FIELD.........................2.72
HURLBURT FIELD/MARY ESTHER............2.15
DESTIN................................1.42
SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR ALLISON:
(AS OF 1 PM CDT)
SALT POINT LA........................28.15
HOUSTON HOBBY TX.....................21.56
HOUSTON CLOVER FIELD TX..............21.41
PATTERSON LA.........................20.88
BATON ROUGE LA.......................19.22
GULFPORT MS..........................11.99
HATTIESBURG - CHAIN AP MS............ 4.81
MOBILE AL.............................3.89
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